An amateur telescope is usually pretty different from the professional telescopes (even small ones) used in observatories. Amateur telescopes are portable, smaller, and do not have the light-gathering ability that professional scopes have. Amateur telescopes are meant mostly for home and hobby use, and not for serious exploration of deep space.

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